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Mothership Remastering explained via Amazon.com
- Subject: Mothership Remastering explained via Amazon.com
- From: Tracy Reynolds <threynolds2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:22:42 -0600
For years, as playlists and multidisc players put Led Zeppelin tracks into a
mix, there was a perpetual need to adjust the volume when Zep came on. Their
tunes languished in the haze of substandard remastering--until now, at least
for the 24 tracks on Mothership and the final fullness of the new Song
Remains the Same reissue. For its part, Mothership's crisper, warmer audio
owes its heft to the troika of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones,
who helped oversee the mastering, bringing out untold shades even in the
throes of "Heartbreaker" and the sinews of "No Quarter." It's an impressive
sonic leap. Where tinny high-ends and muffled lows used to co-exist, fatter
and louder depths prevail. It's ever more astonishing that Zep got on with
just four blokes. You can quibble with the 24 tracks here (where's "The
Ocean"?), but the band picked each track here, from the stone-cold locks
("Communication Breakdown" and "Stairway to Heaven," no, duh) to the robust
throb of "When the Levee Breaks." As for "The Ocean," you can find that in
fantastically full form, along with five other gems on the newly remastered
Song Remains the Same, which shows up for 2007's holiday season on DVD, too.
Only rarely have four lads from England made so memorable an auditory and
visual blast. --Andrew Bartlett
Thought this might help some of you make up your minds. THIS sounds
interesting to me.
Tracy